Sexting and bugging revealed at the FBI -CNN

February 22, 2013|Reuters

Feb 22 (Reuters) - One FBI employee was fired for sleepingwith a drug dealer and lying about it under oath, while anothergot the boot for bugging the boss's office.

The FBI suspended for 10 days still another employee foremailing a nude photograph of herself to her ex-boyfriend's wife- the bureau showed compassion for the woman after she soughthelp for depression.

Those cases over the past year were among 29 revealed by CNNon Friday after the cable news network obtained an October 2012quarterly report the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation sentto all its employees that was meant to educate FBI staff but notto be disseminated publicly.

"We have seen a rash of sexting cases and nude photographcases, you know, people misusing their BlackBerrys for thisreason, and we hope getting the message out in the quarterliesis going to teach people you can't do this stuff," FBI assistantdirector Candice Will told CNN.

An employee who used a government-issued BlackBerry to sendsexually explicit messages to another employee received afive-day suspension. Another who used a personal cell phone tosend nude photographs to several other employees received a10-day suspension, in part because the conduct created officegossip.

"When you're given an FBI BlackBerry, it's for official use.It's not to text the woman in another office who you foundattractive a picture of yourself in a state of undress," Willsaid.

Many of the cases involved sex, such as that of the employeewho visited a massage parlor and paid for a sexual favor fromthe masseuse. That resulted in a 14-day suspension instead of amore severe penalty because the employee had an exemplary workrecord and expressed remorse, the FBI documents said.

Others were more serious, such as the case of the employeewho admitted purchasing and viewing video of naked boys. Thatperson was summarily dismissed.

Two employees who were busted for driving under theinfluence of alcohol were fired because in each case it was asecond offense.

Another who was cited for public intoxication while walkingthe street drunk and armed with a bureau-issued weapon receiveda seven-day suspension.